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Miles, McCamey, and San Angelo. Later he served as chaplain in the Army for three and one-half years. After he returned to civilian life, he was pastor of Queen Street Church, of Tyler, Associational Missionary of Smith County. He organized Hillcrest Baptist Church, in Tyler. In 1952 while he was there, a new church building was erected. He is now pastor in Demming, New Mexico, and they are erecting a new house of worship.

 

H. C. FUNDERBURK, PASTOR 1929 - 1930

 

Reverend Carroll Funderburk was born in Texas in 1895. He was converted when a boy and called to preach when he was about twenty-two years of age. He was educated in the public school of Texas, Rusk College, and Baylor University. He taught school at Ballinger and preached at Veribest for five years. Later he served as pastor at Jackson Church, in Palestine and resigned to become a Chaplain in World War II. He attended the Chaplain’s School at Harvard University, afterward he served in the Eastern Training Command until the end of the war.

Since retiring from the Service, he has been pastor of several churches. Among them were Cayuga, Ben Wheeler, and China Springs. At present he is pastor at Veribest, Texas.

At Coryell in 1929 and 1930 he held an excellent

 

 
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